At the Center of the #RightWing Revival? Hating Immigrants.
National *#conservatives* have a very specific view of “nation”—& the #Republican Party is embracing it.
5yrs ago, the 1st National Conservatism conference—a gathering on the right to propose a more #populist version of conservatism—was held at the Ritz in DC.
#Republicans #Isolationism #Immigration #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteNationalism #WhiteChristianNationalism #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/natcon-immigration-new-right-jd-vance-nationalism/
At the center of the right-wing revival? Hating immigrants.
National conservatives have a very specific view of "nation"—and the Republican Party is embracing it.Mother Jones
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in reply to Nonilex • • •In a taxonomy of young #conservatives, Sam Adler-Bell in the New Republic pointed out that these #NatCons (as they’re called) are among a variety of alt ideas popping up to *intellectualize* #Trumpism. But, in recent yrs, they have taken on a larger cache. NYT columnist David Brooks, dismayed by the conference’s rise, would in 2021 call NatCon attendees the “terrifying future of the American right.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/164408/young-intellectuals-illiberal-revolution-conservatism
The Radical Young Intellectuals Who Want to Take Over the American Right
The New Republic